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Collections

Gashō
Paper-Blowing Game: Kamifukilate 19th century

Not on view
Small ivory or antler netsuke with rounded rectangular form, carved in shallow relief with a bearded figure in profile, head tilted back, one hand raised with fingers spread, stained details in peanut brown

Gashō, Paper-Blowing Game: Kamifuki, late 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Gashō
Title
Paper-Blowing Game: Kamifuki
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
1 11/16 x 1 7/16 x 1/4 in. (4.3 x 3.7 x 0.6 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.149
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Goodall, Hollis, Virginia G. Atchley, Neil K. Davey, Christine Drosse, Sebastian Izzard, Odile Madden, and Robert T. Singer. The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke: A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc.; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part III. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.